The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-28 00:00:00

LITERARY FUND SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of the Literary Fund was celebrated on Sa turday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Marquis of Lan.- d awn e, who, since the retirement of the Duke of Somerset, has taken upon himself the office of president of the institution, was announced as chairman of the evening, and the attendance for that reason was unusually numerous. Upwards of two hundred and fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, including, besides a long array of the ardent and tried friends of literature, many distinguished members of the nobility, both of rank and intellect. On the right of the Noble Chairman sat the Marquis of Northampton, Mr. Thomas Moore, and Mr. E. L. Bulwer, M.P. ; and on his left the' Belgian Ambassador, M. Van de Weyer, Lord Shed_ burne, and Mr. Serj-int Talfourd. There were also present the lion. Grantley Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Wyse, M.P.. the American Ambassador, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Rush, the Rev. 11. Milman, the Sheriffs of London, . the Rev. Dr. Lardner, Sir John Swinburne, Bart , Colonel Torrens, Mr. Charles Kean, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. George Cruikshank, Mr. B. B. Cabbed ; the Peruvian Minister, Don. V. Pazos, &c. On the removal of the cloth, The CHAIRMAN proposed "The health of the Queen," and took that occasion of announcing that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to continue to the instiution the protection afforded by her predecessors, and had sent a donation of 100 guineas. The announcement was received with loud applause. In proposing the health of the " Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family," the Chairman announced a donation of 001. front her Majett e. The health of " the Army and Navy" having been drunk, and ac. knowledged on the part of the army by Mr. Grantley Berkeley, The Ceernstex rose to propose " Prosperity to the Literary Fund Society," and in so doing adverted to the great pride and pleasure he felt in presiding over an institution so admirable and so necessary. No man could be more sensible that, he was of the vast influence exercised by literature upon the fortunes of society, and of the impetus it gave to civilization all over the world; and no one could more regret. that literature proved often so precarious a source of subsistence to its devo tees. To prove a staff and succour to them when overtaken by call. mity, was the object of the Literary Fund Society, and instances were not rare in which, owing to the kind and timely relief it afforded, de serving men of letters were rescued from the depths of distress, and so helped on in the world as to become afterwards regular contributors to Its funds. The toast was drunk with three times three and loud applarlse. Mr. TOOK E, the Treasurer, rose as soon as the applause had subsided to read the first report of the subscriptions which hail been received. Among them were her Majesty the Queen, 100 guineas ; the Queen Dowager, 00/. ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, 1001. ; the Duke of So. merset (in addition to a long list of previous donations), 101.; Lord Francis Egerton, 31. P., 10 go. ; the Turkish Ambassador, 5 gs. ; the Brazilian Minister, 5 gs. ; Mr. J. W. Commcrell, 10 gs. ; Mr. G. Wood_ fall, 3 gs.; Rev. S. Wix, 10 gs. ; Mr. M. Foster, 10 gs. ; Mr. Luke Hansard, 10 gs. ; Mr. Horace Twiss, S gs. ; the Bishop of Durham, 10 gs. ; Mr. Bolton Corney, 10 gs. ; Mr. R. Bed, 10 gs.; Mr. F. Sal mon, 10 gs. ; Miss Bruce, 10 gs.; 31r. B. B. Cabbell (his second dona tion), 10 gs. ; Mr. J. H. Lister, 10 gs. ; Mr. S. Maclean, 5 gs. ; Mr. G. Sirreff, 3 gs.; Mr. Guest, M.P., 10 gs.; Rev. J. Landon, 5 go. ; the Dean of Exeter, 10 gs.; Miss L. E. Landon, 5 gs. ; .Mr. Charles Kcan, 5 gs.; Mr. C. Dickens (2ddonation), 10 gs.; Mr. G. Cruikshank, 3gs ; Mr. R. Bentley, 10 gs. ; -Mr. S. Bentley, 10 gs.; Mr. T. Price, 10 gs ; Mr. C. Whiting, 10 gs.; Neeld, M.P., 201. ; Nouri Effendi, Si. ; Mr. Hastie, M.P., 5 gs.; Mr. T. Tegg, 20/ ; Mr. Emerson Tennant, M.P., .5 gs.; Sir J. Swinburne, Bart. (fifteenth donation), 151 ; Sir G. Carroll, 10 gs.; Sir Moses 3lontetiore, 10s. ; Mr. Rothschild, 211 ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 10 gs.; Mr. C. Longman, 101.; Mr, H. Colburn, 10 gs. ; Mr. Fe L Bulwer, 10 gs. ; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, 10 gs. ; the Rev. H. 31ilman, S gs., &c. &e. The Marquis of NORTH AmrroN, in proposing the health of their Setae Chairman, congratulated the Society that his pr6siaency was not merely for the evening, but was likely to last for many years, to their advan tage. The toast was shrunk with loud and reiterated cheess. The Noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and said no situation which he could fill could afford !Urn more sincere satisfaction than to preside over such an institution and at such a meeting. The following toasts were drunk in succession :--" The Duke of Somerset, late President of the Society ;" " The Belgian, Per and American Ministers;" " The Marquis of Northampton, and the Noble Patrons of Literal tire ;" " The Vice-Presidents." These toasts having all been duly acknowledged, 'Fhe CHAIRMAN said, that as ardent devotees of literature they should not forget that they were favoured that night by the presence of several of the high-priests of her temple, whose healths he should have the honour of proposing to them. As Parnassus, however, always claimed and was allowed the preference, he should first propose " The health of Mr. Thomas Moore." The toast was received with three times three, and one cheer more, the whole company rising. Mr. T. Moose then rose and said—lt is with no little shame I call to mind how many years have elapsed since I last took part in this anneal festival—this celebration of an institution which well deserves all that has been so eloquently said this evening, both as to the objects which it professes to assert, anti the manner and spirit, as far as I have the means of judging, its which those objects arc accomplished. There has come, however, a great change over the ;cork: of literature within the memory of most of those I have now the honour of addressing —a change if it have not already trade itself felt in the increased or reduced rum. ber of applicants to this fund, fur it appears to me capable of either effect, cannot fail, I think, to produce one or other of these COIISC. mutinies. To describe these changes its a few words, literature is be coming every day more and mare a profession or trade. Instead of being, , as in former times, a bright but I rofitless speculation, in which none but the very rich or the self-devoted would dare to embark—instead of mar_ rage testis the muse being a sart of improvident love-match, in which • beauty and ruin stare the lover its the face, she (the lady of Parnassus) has now become what tlse French call a bon port!' ; and instead of drafts at a fearfully long date upon posterity, for that airy and pos_ thumous wealth called fame, she now brines as her slower the less roinantic, but fir more discountable, acceptances, of a Long- • mane a Murray, or a llcistley. It is hardly necessary to say that this great change in the world of letters, this en anion of a mart, as it may in every sense U^ called, for the precluctions of mind, and the consequent increase of the producing power, is all owing to the Increased dinsion among thecommunity of those two magical arts, re - piing and writing. I say "magical," for they are little less, and it is assuiedly by no seri dental coincidence that the same word to shoed" has been applied both to the u st reading and writing, and the of the en ehao: er. To feel all its wonder, indeed, we must transt'orf onnielvca to these times when the secret was in the possession of but a any, and when, as Drydemsays, " What knowledge then there was in them (lid diva, And those were gods who could but read or spell." Now all are gods, in this respect;--the only fear being that the few who are 'still content to remain me re readers may in their turn become writers, and then in a hat manner the due balance tween de mand and supply is to be maintained, I must leave to my able and worthy frktul Mr. M'Culloch here to determine. Fart I feel that I have wandered in some degree from the object I had at first proposed to myself, which was to consider how fur this important change which has been going* on in the world of letters may have worked a correspondent change in your pietiseworthy institution, bah as regards the demand on your bi nevolent aid, and the cha racter of the eases in which that aid may be afrorded or denied. But on this inquiry I will not now enter, es it is one on which your own experience and practice must have arrived at results far more satisfactory than any mere speculation of mine could furnish. I will merely remark that though under t his new inspiration of t he market that which us, d to be a call has now become a calling—though, as one of the consequences of this change, the old and venerable office of Patron has become extinct, and instead of that single protecting perso nage—sometimes useful and beneficent, but too often serving only as a sort of drf nurse to weak and ricketty bards—the man of genius may now safely count upon a whole nation of patrons, and may draw the milk of worldly sustenance from that multimammia nurse, the public—though this and other great changes may seem to have made, and really have made the pursuit of literature a far less rash speculation than formerly, there will sti'l remain but too many instances, and these unluckily in the most useful and laborious walks of intellect, where encourage mcnt falls far short of desert, and he who is labouring to instruct and improve mankind may find himself distanced in the race of fortune by those who have studied anly to amuse them. Again, though literature has become, as I have said more han once, a trade, it is but too true, as we have seen in a late illustrious and mournful instance, that men of genius make but bad tradesmen ; that even when possessed with the spirit of trade, they may fail to grasp the substance; and, instead of the real Juno herself, may clasp only a cloud —ln this instance, a dark and sad one. But without concluding too much from such high and rale instances, there will still, unfortunately, be found bankrupts enough in the lower regions of Helicon to call for the exertions of your benevolence, even in this golden age of literature. I know but too well, from my own humble experience, how little those occasional showers of fairy wealth which the talisman of the pen draws down may avail towards enriching the originally poor man, who, begin ning the world with nothing, or with the still more poetical fraction of less than nothing, seldom recovers that first start which expenditure has got of income, but, continuing behind-hand, through life is compelled to mortgage, as it were, his genius, to anticipate the precarious product of the yet unwritten page, or as it has been well and painfully expressed, to " forestall the blighted harvest of the brain." Imagine not, however, gentlemen, that in thus alluding, and perhaps with somewhat too obtrusive egotism, to my aelf, I mean to complain of my own lot. On the contrary, I feel that I hare succeeded and been rewarded far, far beyond my utmost merits and hopes. Within these two or three years, by an act of favour with which all around me are acquainted, I have been, for the first time in my life, put in possession of an income which Iris not the imme diate product of my own labour; and it is a novelty, at least, not discre ditable, I trust, to the literary character, that you sec now before you._ I will not say a poet, remembering those lines, " Poet and saint: to thee alone arc given The two most sacred names of earth and heaven," and feeling that I have almost as little claim to the first of these great titles as I have, God knows, to the other--you see before you a litteratcur, pensioned by the Crown, without any solicitation or. his own part, and, what is of far more importance, without the surrender or compromise of any one of those public principles or feelings of which through life be: has always been the humble, but honest, advocate. In drinking your healths, gentlemen, in a full bumper, I beg leave to re mind you, as a sort of illustration of the natural connection there seems to exist between literature and conviviality, that the first invented printing typcS—those of Costar, if I recollect right —was afterwards cast into drinking cups, to commemorate the grand discovery. The CHAIRMAN. next proposed `• Mr. E. L. Butwer and the Authors of England."—Drunk with loud cheers. Mr. BULWER returned thanks for the great honour conferred upon him in connecting his name with the authors of England —an honour which he considered had fallen upon him inure from chance than from any merit on his part. He, however, thanked them most sincerely. The next toast was " Mr, Sergeant Tanta(' and the dramatic art. therm of England." Mr. Sergeant T%LFOURn returned thanks in an eloquent speech, ex pres,i ve of his " great love" for the drama, and the importance to every station that the drama should be placed upon a footing of the highest honour, as productive, if well directed, of the most civilizing effects upon society.—(Loud cheers.) Tha lion. G. BERKE:LET, M.P., then rose, and after a few preli minary and extremely felicitous observations, proposed " The health of Mr. Charles Kean," which was received with loud cheers. Mr. KEAN, in returning thanks, expressed himself deeply grateful for the very flattering manner in which his health had been re ceived. To the accident of his connection with the drama he was aware that he was indebted for the honour conferred upon him that evening ; and the obligation he should study to repay by endeavouring to promote an much of the interests of the drama as could be promoted by his exer tions.—(lrear, hear.) In his attempt he could hardly hope always to experience so touch kindness as had been extended to him that evening; but he sought no more than that his exertions should be always esti mated in the spirit of fair and impartial criticism.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts were afterwards given, and the meeting broke up, well satisfied to learn that the total amount of subscriptions re_ ccived during the evening was 8121. THE GREAT WESTERN.—We need not say with whit sincere satisfaction the return of their own ship to pert was hailed . by liristwians. The news was received in the Commercial-room with every demonstration of joy, and the various church.bel/s being rung, it was soon communicated to all ports of the city. She is a vessel of which the city may well be proud, independent of floe celebrity which she has acquired as being the first steamer that has reached America direct from a Briti,h port, aad which will cause her name to be handed down to posterity, and the public spirit of her proprietors to be held up to future generatiens as worthy of imitation. The Sverage of coals consumed on the paisi lie out, per day, was 33 tuns , -home 27 tens,—:Manchester Otiortion, LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1838. Sir GEORGE GREY is to move resoluti.ms to-night in the douse of Commons, to declare that it is not advisable to adopt any proceedings to give effect to Sir F,lair.Er WILMOT'S re solution. The Ministers take this course, we understand, with a view of preventing Sir EARDLEY, who has declined bringing forward any measure fur the present, from proposing any such measure at a future time. We cannot comprehend why the Whig Ministers, who belong to a party which has for upwards of 50 years contemplated, and forwarded, the abolition of slavery (for so long ago is it since Mr. BURKE stated that the 'gradu..l abolition of slavery in the r i olonies should go hand in hand with measures to abolish the slave trade), should thus eagerly thrust themselves forward to overbear and change a recorded decision of the House of Commons, favourable to the great principle which is to a considerable extent the founda tion of their power. What they did to put down the slave trale when in office in 1806, and what they did front that time to 1830 to ameliorate the condition of the slaves, was one source of the confidence placed in them by the humane and religious people of England, which carried them trium phantly into office. Their conduct prior to 1833, on the slavery question, greatly enhanced their reputation as Statesmen, and has much contributed to preserve their power to this day. We readily admit that now, consti tuting the executive, they are bocs.d rather to preserve and enforce the laws than propose changes in them, unless such as are imperatively forced on them; but their duty stops at that point, and they are under no obligation to use the in fluence of the Government to overrule a decision of the House of Commons, or check the manifestation of public opinion. Their proposed course seems to us, therefore, as much beyond the line of their duty as it is hostile to the principles of the Whigs, and affronting to their friends and supporters. They do their duty as a Government ; they fulfil all their functions when they execute the laws; and it is a mere remnant of the boroughmongning scheme of policy to insist, as they appear to do, on dictating' to the House of Commons and the people, like Mr. PITT, er the Duke of WELLINGTON, or Lord CASTLEREAGH, instead of retaining office by deserving the public confidence. Not to rest contented wi-.h the decision of the 9 2d, reserving to them selves the right of opposing any measures which may here. after be founded on it, is, in fact, to aim at a species of usur pation over both the House of Commons and the public, which does not become those who depen 1 on the people for their political existence. The trap into which the Ministers are blindly running is, we believe, seen by all eyes but their own —the taunts of the Tory Post and the Tory Times being in. Standard... Dec. 18:37 Jan. 1838 103,000 Feb. 1838 lOO,OOO lb. Mar. 1838 383,00 ) Gl o ic Dec. 1837 72,00 Jan. 1838 90,000 Feb. 1838 72,000 Mar. 1838 7,000 ,?06,000 Courier Dec. 1837 ......... 31,000 Jan. 1838 39,000 Feb. 1838 83,000 Mar. 1838 33,000 136,000 HIGH NVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 31,Jrning 57 minutes alter 5 I Evening ...... 1O minutes after 6 NEu r IIC)EMANCIPaTION AT a MEETING of ANTI-SLAVERY DELEGATES, held on MoNnAi - , the iSth May, 1538, st Brown's Hotel, Palace-yard; • W. T. BLAIR, Esq., in the Chair. It was unanimously resolved, That the cordial thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby respectfully offered, to the conductors of that portion of the daily press which has supported with irrefutable arguments the imme diate abolition of the slave apprenticeship. • W. r. BLAIR, Chaiman. 3,:St. James's-gßare, May, 1838. Now Ready. COLONEL MACERONPS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. MENIOIRS of the LIFE and ADVENTURES of COLONEL FRANCIS MACERONI, Late Aide. de-Camp to Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Knight of the Legion of Honour and of St. George of the Two Sicilies, Ex-General of Brigade in the service of the Republic of Colum bia, &c. &c. In 2 vols. demy flvo., with Portrait. John Alacrone, St. James-square. R. COPLAND'S MEDICAL DIG TIONARY, Part 5, will be publi6hed on SATURDAY, June 9. Advertisements arc requested to be sent to the Publishers on or before Monday, June 4, and Bills (of which 4,000 are required) on or before Wednesday, June 6. London : Longman and Co. ANTI -SLAVERY. —URGENT.—Lord John Russell having given notice this evening of the intention of Government to move, on Monday or Tuesday next, that it is not advisable to - adopt any proceedings to give effect to the resolution of May . the 9.2 d, for the immediate and entire mine ticn of the Apprenticeship in our Slave Colonies, the Central Negro Emancipation Committee, and the Delegates now assembled in London, desire to record their most solemn and deliberat, protest against this unwarantable attempt to supersede and annul a deliberate decision of the Commons of England-to defeat the w.shes of the entire nation, and to put in jeopardy the peace and welfare of the Colonies : they therefore most earnestly and respectfully entreat every Member of the House of Commons—as he would desire to give effect to the prayers of the eon, try, as expressed in petitions containing upwards of a million of sign, tures,. and as he values the fundamental principles of humanity, justice, and re"igion, that he would attend in his place on Monday and Tuesday next, and give his most strenuous opposition to the course proposed by the Government. Signed on behalf of the, Central Negro Emancipation Committee, and the assembled Delegates at Exeter Hall, this 25th day of May, IS3B. NV, T. BLAIR, Chairman. As the House of Commons will, on Monday, the 98th inst., be called upon to consider the proceedings of the 29th and 30:11 March, on the motion of Sir George Strickland, for Mc Abolition of Negro Appren ticeship on or before the let of August, 1838 ; and also the procredings of the t' , ..ld May, on the motion of Sir E.irdley Wilmot, that Negro Ap prenticeship in the British Colonies shall immediately cease and deter. mine ; and as the decision of the House on the f.,riner resolution, may be adduced to show, that "it is not advisable to adopt any proceedings for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution of tho 22e1 May," the Anti Slavery Delegates deem it most important that the circumstances under which Sir George Strickland's motion was disposed of, should be Cidinctiv known. On the 22d March last, the following conversation took place in the House of Lords : Lord Lyndhurst said " he would take this opportunity of asking the Noble Lord .opposite, at the heed of the Colonial affairs, whether it was his intention to proceed with the Bill which stood to be committed that evening, or w Indict' he did not think it better tc postpone the considera tion of it until the Bill of the Nohle and Learned Lnird opposite' (Lord Brougham) had been read a se end time, which had reference to the sense subteen ?"- Lord Glimlg said, " that the measure he hail before the tletrsa wail i . , _ e wilted', was entirely independent of thot of the Noble and Lear n ed i - d. If the Sl a very Ab o liti on A rt A mendment Bill was to pas.;, itit'!,as better that it s h ou 'd pa , ,i with the least pass ble del a y. He r e pe n t e d, at it was a measure en ti re ly i n d epen d ent of that of the .Nofste and 'earned Lore!." ' Lord Lyndhurst s7tid, " that as the Noble Lord proposed go i ng p n lib tie Bill, he hoped that the House would not be considered, in adopting it, at (X to . pledge itself with regard to any other measure which might hereafter be introduced to their consideration." Notwithstanding this declaration, the Government,. is stead of allow ing the motion of Sir George Strickland to stand upon its own merits, and to be decided accordingly, gave notice of their intention to more as an amendment, the second reading of Lord Glenelg's Bill; and thus bring their own measure into direct collision with a separate and inde pendent motion, originating in the national demand for the immedia'e extinction of the apprenticeship. In consequence of the adoption of this course by her Majesty's Mi. Msters, Members of Parliament were called unon, either to support the motion for the abolition of the apprenticeship system, and in so doing, to decide the fate of the Ministerial measure; or to vole with Ministers, and thereby to set aside the proposition of Sir George Strickland. If these circumstances be taken into consideration, it will appear, that the majority on the 30th of March last, was chained by the conduct of Ministers in superinducing their own Bill unun the motion of Sir George Strickland, thus violating an understood pledge to pursue a contrary course. The Negro Emancipation Committee and Delegates reviewing the above proceedings, and conferring with their Parliameotary friends, saw it to be their duty to furnish the House of Commons with an opportunity of ex pressing its opinion regarding the Apprenticeship System as a distinct and separate question. This was done by Sir Eardley Wilmot on the 92d instant, and a vote of that House recorded, " 'That the Apprentice ship System should immediately cease and determine." W. T. BLAIR, Chairman. Gui!dhall Coffee House, May '26 . Pie publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. tended, like the hootings and hallowings of sport,men, to chase them into the snare. Against the doctrine that we arc not now to comily with the dictates of justice in regard to the negroes, because compliance would be a violation of a compact concluded in 1833, we must protest on high and general principle. It would be a complete bar to the redress of any grievance, and the repeal of any law, fur there is no grievance to some which is not a suppo. ed benefit to others, and no law, which some may regard as a gross injustice which others do not claim as a right. The Corn-law is net of mueli older elite than the iestitution cf negro apprenticeship, and the arguments which would prevent the Legislature from amending or abolishin,g the latter, because it was a compact, would for ever entail on our people the starvation law of the landlords. We maintain the hell supremacy of every existing Legislature, and deny that any pre-existing Legislature has or had any power to tic up the hands, by any compact, of any succeeding Legislature. This principle must be as welt known to the planters as all other men ; and even if such a compact as they contend for had been entered into by the Legislature of 1833, they would have no more right to count on its observance by the Legislature of 1838, than the paupers bad to reckon on the continuance of the old system of poor laws, when it was found necessary to amend it. But we deny the existence of any such compact rs the West Indians contend for. Certainly in 1833, the people of England gave the slave-owners twenty mil lions: of money, and undertook the charge of adminis tering justice to th e s l aves i n s pit e o f their mast ers ; but it entered into no compact with the slave-owners to force the apprentices to be obedient to them up to 1840. If any such compact had been entered into, it was by its own vicious nature as regards the negro, void ce, initio, and it is the duty'of the nation to stand aloof from fulfilling such compact when ever it becomes aware, as at present, that toe compact is im moral. There was indeed, which is what we suppose is really meant by a compact, a sort of compromii,e and understanding between the different parties and individuals who were then in the House of Commons, but those compromises and understandings among contending parties are no more binding on the nation than the party agreements of the Carlton Club oe Lichfield House. Even if they were binding on the in dividnals who entered into them at the time, they arc not bind ing now, for five years makes a great alteration in society. The Parliament.try Reform which was so highly prized in 1831, is now found to be much below the wants of the nation, and the mode of adjusting the Irish tithe question which the Tories would have spurned in 1830, they would now gladly secure, while they are not able to get it. Such is now the rapid progress of seciety, that five or six years is sufficient to set aside all the compromises and compacts of parties, and makes that which was an acceptable arrangement in 1833, in tolerable in 1838. By consulting Lord STANLEY'S speech when he introduced the negro apprentice scheme in 1833, it will be apparent to every man that no idea of a compact entered into the Noble Lord's plan. Ile began by declaring that the House tvis called on " to legislate between conflicting parties," he re ferred to the demands of the people, ‘• founded on a sincere religious conviction, expressed in a vt,ice so potential that no Minister could venture to disregard it." He sheaved thz,t complete abolition was always looked to by the Rdvocates of the suppression of the slave trade, he referred to the many op portunities the slave-owners had had to carry into, eff.et the wishes of Parliament, he emphatically dec'ared that the "tongue of honest and • affectionate counsel had been disre garded," and recommended the Houses to legidate, not to enter into a treaty, expressly on the priaciple that the planters were not to be trusted, and that their legislation was to be overruled. D:d the Nuble Lord then propose the apprenticeship scheme for the advan'age of the the planter? Quite the contrary—His words were— " To throw the stave suddenly into freedom, would be to destroy all his inciin.lions to industry; it would be exposing, kin: to the temptation of recurring to his primitive habits of savage life, fimn which he has lately been reclaimed. There fore, some restriction is necessary for a time, bath for the mater and fir the good of the slave ti...selves." Lord STANLEY proposed the apprenticeship scheme with a view to prepare the slaves for freedom. He mistrusted the master, and he mistrusted the negroes. The mistrust of the former has been amply justified since 1833, and his mistrust of the latter demonstrated to be au error. The former have since 1833, as before, refused to listen to " thc voice of warning." The letter have shown themselves it for freedern, and the additional expe rience obtai,:ed since 1833 will justify Lord STANLEY, on the princilles, he then adopted, in now voting for the immediate abolition of negro apprenticeship. In fact, after reading his sonech of May of tha year, IV-, should be surdriz it' 1:e sere no, zealously to support the law he was then instru mental its passing. Ministers arc [heel', we are afr,id, to have a complete monopoly of the discredit of solidly setting themselves up iu oppoFitioa to the righteous wishes of the moss enlightened and humane prtion of the community, cumin ising nearly all their own friends. We may add, that the excellent reasong which the aboli tioniits assign in their advertisement of this day, for bringing fGrward Sir EANDLEY motion, make it highly pro_ batdc that the Ministers will be defeated to-night. They wil in that case assail their friends, and serve the cause a the To withoutthe power of prolonging the slavery of the negroe s and the tyranny of the planters. We understand that the Negro Emancipation Committee are very sanguine of obtaining a Mijority this evening ; but should they fail, it is their intention immediately to promote petitions to the Legislature fro n all parts of tile empire, for the removal of the hmnties on the export of supr ; the op e_ ration of which occasions an cx.tra price to be paid by the home consumer of nearly twopence per pound, or about three millions sterling per annum. The following arc the remarks of the Morning herald on this subject : " In a few days we hope to be able to Liy before our readers some facts connected With the supply of colonial sugar for domestic consumption, proving that the public pay an exorbitant:y high price, makingadifl'e rcnee of nearly twopence per pound, or ab ou t t h ree m illi o ns sterling per annum. T his arises out of the exi s ti ng system o f gran ting bounties upon the exported surplus, which has the effect of preventing the falling of the price to its natural level; or, in other words, to the level to which competition would naturally reduce the price of the article. In the East Indies there exist the means o f pro d uc i ng a supply of sugar, ra i se d b y free labour, sufficient for the consumption of all Europe, at a Price much inferior to that which it costs when raised by slave labour. Thus This f of c o un try the is masters ta.rt•d of in the slave o apprentices." i h ce r ..,emillions annually, for the benefit Th le speech of the Bishop of NORWICU, in reply to that o he Bishop of EXETER, cn the SrStern of national education in Ireland, produced a strong feeling in the house of Lords on Fliday night. It could hardly be otherwise. The superiority of tattli to falsehood, and of toleration to persecution, could not fail to make an impression on every mind not obscured by political and religious fanaticism. The mild language in Which Bishop STANLEY reproved the fastidious pamphleteer, and the sovereign remedy for healing religious differences with which he concluded his speech, were such as become a Christian Bishop, and only excite a regret that so few of that clAss follow his example. " If," said he, "we could not compel the Catholics to read the Bible, let us show by our conciliatory spirit, by our charity, by our Protestant Chris tianity, that we read that Bible, and that we practise its pre cepts, and upon these data, and these solely, with the Bible in our hands, let us 3trach forth the right hand of fellowship to the Catholic." Not so the Bishop of EXETER, or the pious and charitable Bishop of LONDON, who supported the resolu tions. They would give the Irish education only in a way in which they know it would not be accepted—in other words, no education at all. We have not yet learned the result of the conference between the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and the deputation from the town of Drogheda, respecting the renewal of the Bank of Ireland Charter. It is, however, quite certain that if the people who are' the vicjims of this monopoly, an d w h o h appen at the same time to be among the most patriotic and inde l een dent in Ireland, bestir themselves as the c ase requires, and instruct their representatives to do the sam e , t h ey will obtain complete justice. Mr. O'CONNIL L very f e li e i tout l y, t h e other day at the meeting of the National B an k of Ireland pro prietary, described the evils arising from the p r i v il eges con ferred upon the Bank of Ireland , and with much h umour, re lated how the large commercial to w n of Newry escape d t h e grasp banking, in again consequenceJ of a pounced upon and de n p f riv d no opfo aly free-trade for a sn 2 in n' new line of road vihich brought it within th e fif ty mile eire. m e nsc " Can such things be, And o'ercome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder ?" _ The unanimity which exists between the banks of England and Ireland is not more complete than baneful to the best in terests of the' Irish people. It will be scarcely b e li eve d gentry, money a few days ago, r e f usa d to f t A h e a i t u t t h a t e e Bank th e sm ofa n England isplea th a t t h e Bank of Ireland folk had r e q uested them no t to afford the least accommodation to Joint-Stock Banks. Upon the other hand transmission of upon the the Bank of Ireland refuses to take Bank of England notes in payment of bills except at an enormous of discount, so that if a pressure came to-morrow, a Joint Stock Bank, with 150,0001. Bank of England Notes, might be obliged to suspend -ent 111 We fearlessly ask, is this a state of things that pan. - - —rnetuated by a reforming Government, by a Go should be p. . Lolds office mainly in consideration of its vernment which .. -- , e the social condition of Ireland? avowed disposition to impr.. '4 that adroiniatration be, Certainly not, and infatuated w( A .,,_ . i s to be added to which would allow the continuation of i 1 j -t the 1 its other errors. We, however, cannot i" .4.. t Irish people ; we have fought many 1b: a1K"474 9 °'l". and are ready to combat •• h b - • :ttle for their righis, I vk it t tin, la ov , ‘ t , : ...rt“row,ng a moue,: I poly which, viewed either in a commercial or political point of view: is ly,th absurd and unjust. Let the Irish Members Lut imitate their Scotch brethren, and buckle cn their armour, and victory will crown their ef!hrts. Let - but ten honeqre prcsot,tativcs of the people—we sly but ten—coalesce, and their of j, is achieved. The • arrival of the Great Western in Kingroad, is pro perly regarded by the people of Bristol as an important event. The j•ty end p7easure (says the Bristol Mirror) announced by all classes upon her arrival, have beets unequalled in this citrfor many years; they almost stand upon a level with tier tidings f. om the Nile, Trafalgar Bay, and the pains of Waterloo. The good feelings which were expressed by the inhabitants of New York on the arrival of the Great Western at that city, arc also properly appreciated by the Bristolians, who seem anxious to strengthen the bonds of brotherly. attachment which have now been renewed : It is really a very plea,ing feature its the matter (says the Mirror) to learn the cordiality and good feeling with which the Bristolians have Leon receivt cl at New York. " Are we Oct •brothers (they exclaimed) ? Are we not sprung from the same Mother ? not Bristol send Se. bastian Cabot to our country ? Let us then join hand in hard, and be steadfast in our _present endeavours to serve each other, and draw yet closer the tie of brotherhood." Let us, then, grasp instantly at this mutual advantage; the prospect is brilliant and unclouded by a single spot. " We, therefore," it adds, " repeat that a single day should not be permitted topass without the Directors of the- Greet Western Stzam Ship Company making arrangements for a meeting, so that the inha bitants of New York may have conveyed to them, on the sailing of the Great Western, the intentions of Vie Bli,tolians to afford all the facili ties in their power for a constant and mutual intercourse; acemapanicd with a public vote of thanks for the reception they gave to the Greet Western, and their hospitality to her Captain and crew ; and also an expressiop of the ardent wishz , s of the citizens of Bristol fur the per manency of the mutually advantageous and friendly intercourse that had been so auspiciously and cordially commenced." We hope that this recommendation will be acted on, and that the inhaiiirants of New Yolk will be solemnly assured that the people of this country fully share their wish to draw closer the tics of friendship. Want of space prevented our sooner giving the I;st of the division on the case of the Danish claimants, which will now be found in another part of our paper. We sincerely trust that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will now see the propriety, as well as the justice, of giving tbo necessary dircctibns for compensating the sufferers in accordance with the decision of Parliament in their favour. Indeed, it all along appeared to us so monstrous to grant compensation - for a portion of a cargb just landed, and to refuse it for the other portion of that cargo which remained in the ship, and for the ship itself, that we arc surprised how the Government could have brought forward the vague and untenable argu ments with which they attempted to resist these just claims, the granting of which cannot form an inconve nient precedent, as it was a case which never occurred before, and we trust will never occur again. It would be the height of cruelty for Government to appropriate the large proceeds of the Danish property at the expence of inno cent individuals. In the list of the majority we miss the names qi many Mem bers representing the great commercial interests of this country, who ought to have suppOrted this motion; and we lament to sea the desertion of others, who in truckling to Ministers for their own selfish interests, abandon the duty they owe to their constituents and to the country at large. The Spanish Government have appointed Commissioners to consider any offers that may be made at Paris for raising the I )an of five ;millions sterling, sanctioned by the Cortes, and strorg hopes are entertained that the negociations with AGUADO will be successful. Their organs and friends are eloquent on the advantages of a loan with this individual, says the Correspondent of a Morning„Paper. No doubt they are, and Would be equally eloquent on the advantages of a loan with any individual, and on any terms. All that these organs and friends look to is. the money. They arc not nice or acru puloua about the terms —they will become bound to repay twenty mllions for the loan of five, and will pledge, in addition to their word of honour, the mines of Almaden, the revenues of Cuba, the' Church lands—any property, in fact, on which Spain has any claim, or any pretence for a claim. The people of this country,' however, have been too often deceived by Spain and the hopeful children of the mother country in America, to trust for a tenth time to any promise or any engage ment into which any of the family may enter. They are all creditors of England, and not one of them is able, or we should rather say di s p ose d, to pay e i t h er pr i nc i pa l or interest, ,Some of them, we believe, could pay ;. but they prefer spending what revenue they have in quarrels with each other, as in the case of Chili and Peru; and Mexico, with inexhaustible resources, after haying worn out her strength in domestic feuds and revo lu.ions, madly provokes the hostility of France and the United St rtes at the same time: The bonds of all these countries are ar.vcnty-file per cent, below par; those of Spain arc still lower— sils, pars no interest—the debt she has contracted she will never pay, and yet she has the effrontery to appoint Commis sio-lcrs to contract more, do security•which is either mortgaged, or may be cancelled by a new Government, or on revenues of i-lands tibia, in all prob.:Why, will soon throw off their alle ginee, like the rest, of the Spanish Colonies. The money, too, that may he raised is not to be expended in relieving plundered bondholders in this country, or the starving officers and soldiers of the British Legion, to whom Spain owes to much ; 'but is to be set apart for the Spanish armies, or rather distributed among the chief officers, and the " friends and organs" of the present Government. The people of England are not so mad as to encourage such a wild speculation, and without their assistance M. AGUADO or M. LAFITTE may' giv e up the attempt. Were there any prospect that it would be expended fairly, or put an end to the war, there might be some grounds for the scheme--but the one is just as likely as the other. We would say, "let Well alone." The Christioos evidently fight best in poverty. The cause of the Liberals is more hopeful now than when they were assisted by the Legion, or bad more resources at 'command, and if five millions sterling were thrown in amongst them, they would, true to the national character, only quarrel about the division of the plunder. A curse seems to rest on the whole race ever since the days of CORTEZ and PIZARRO. • • Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 19th instant have reached us this morning. The QUEEN bad offered the Grand Cross of CIIARLES 111. to Sir GEORGE VILLIERS, as a mark of her MAJESTY'S esteem and the nation's gratitude for the im portant services which be bad rendered to the Constitutional cause during his residence as British Minister at the Court of Madrid; but the hon our was de c li ne d, •i t b e i ng p ro hibi te d to British Ambassadors to accept any such mark of distinction from Foreign Powers, unless engaged in military operations. The Lian Committee has already reported against the pro posals of the houses of SAFONT and LAFITTE. It 'teas ru moured in Madrid that M. SAFONT was drawing up other pro posals to submit to the Committee, in order, if possible, to have the contract bestowed upon him in preference to AGUADO, in whose favour several of the Members were thought to be strongly prejudiced. What other news we have from Spain=exclusive of the tele graphic dispatch copied from the Moniteur in our French ar ticle—is summed up in the following extract from a letter of' the 19 t h i nstant f rom M a d r i d, published by a Morning Con temporary " The week just ended has been unusually deficient of topics of inte rest. In war and polities there fins been almost a complete calm. The Carlisti alone have made a small venture. Taking advantage of the absence of Espartero's troops from the neighbourhood of Miranda they attacked the small and weak fort of Nonclares, on the road to Vittoria, and succeeded with the assistance of six battalions and.some heavy artil lei yto take the garrison, consisting of a hundred men, prisoners. Find ing ;Espalier° approaching they immediately decamped, proceeding to Estel:a, to assist in putting down the popular and military disturbances which are said to have broken out there anew and with increased vio lence. Eipartein, on arriving, took possession of the fort again; but finding the position a bad one, and hard to defended—yet necessary to the preservation of the line of road between Vittoria and Miranda—he gave directions to have the fort erected in a position less exposed to the attacks of the enemy, and equally avail,ble for the preservation of the road between these points. Having left the work in progress, and sulfi de:it troops to protect the labourers in their operations, he returned the next day towards Logrono, with a view, no doubt, of observing the proceedings now going en in the town of Estella. The division of the Ilib ra, or of General Leon, continued at Lodosa, to protect the repairs of the briege going on there, and which had been recently much da maged by the floods of the Ebro." The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. The trial of HUBERT and his accomplices ter minated on Friday. HUBERT was acquitted of the crime of conspiring to kill the KING, but found guilty of plotting the destruction of the Government, followed by overt acts in tcmded to carry such a plot into execution. He was sentenced to deportation, or imprisonment for life. Mdlle. GROUYELLE, STetinte, and ANNAT, were sentenced to five years' imprison rnent far simple participation in HUBERT'S crime ; and for a like offence, under what the Court regarded as extenuating c ircumstances, GIRAUD was sentenced to be imprisoned for three .years. LEPROUX, VAQUELIN, and VALENTIN were acquitted. From the reports of the j u di c i a l procee di ngs during the whole of this t r i a l, given in the French Journals, we cannot imagine a greater burlesque upon the decorum of a British Court of Justice than it must have presented. it would be too extravagant for a farcical representation of justice in England. On entering the Court each day M. FAVRET, Mdlle. GROUVELLE'S Counsel, devoutly kissed her hand in the presence of the audience, and each of the other prisoners received a fraternal hug from their respective advocates. The Judges entere d i nto l ong political discussions with the accused, and only in voked the authority of, their office when worsted in argu ment. Nor was the last act of this ridiculous melodraree less absurd than any which preceded it. On hearing the sentence of the Jury HUBERT drew a knife and attempted to stab himself, but was prevented by the police. He then, in a voice choked with rage, vowe d t h at the bloOd of MOREY should be revenged; called the Jury a pack of vile knives and mur derers, whom lie wished to cover with his blood ; and declared Mdlle. GNOUVELLE both innocent and an angel. In the mean tine all was uproar in the Culla. The mob shouted for —7, and it required the presence of a large body of order, by during. the ball. However, by troop tq NEWSPAPER STAMPS. (From the Parliamentary 'Returns.) A Return of the Number of NEWSPAPER STAMPS at One Penny and One Halfpenny issued to the several News papers in England, Scotland, and Wales, from the Ist De cember 1837 to the 31st of March 1838 inclusive ; specifying each Newspaper by N!,me, and the Number of Stamps issued each Month during that period to each Newspaper. EXTRACT. LONDON EVENING NEWSPAPERS. The Sun... Dec. 1837 10'2,000 Jan. 1838 lll,OOO Feb. 1838 06.000 Mar. 1838. 4'20,000 78,000 THE SiN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 28, MS. semi o'clock the curtain fell, tie President having pronounced the sentences., and dissolved the Court amid a renewed scene of uproar a.nd ecnrusien. The Moniteur t.,f Saturday brings the following inteliigence frcrn . S•rain • . . NAarIoNNE, Mai( 25. On the 6th General Oraa con - int: o A d the Carlis!s to rai6e the sieze of Alcaniz. Cabrera removed tiis artiFery to Morella, v..lwre Negri had arrived. " On the l7th, Merino was at (Melva, ani Foreadell was blockading Scgothe. • " Baron tie Mezr has marched on Solsona. " On the 2.2 d, 3,000 Carli,ts attacked Gal;icji ; General Breton, was marching against than. General A yerbe defea•cd the band . of Llarch, in the plain of Tairagona, killing and wounding 150 of bis tn..n, and taking 85 prisoners." The Chamber of Deputies was engaged Of- whole of the week with the Budget and the Railway projects. M. DE BARANTE, the Representative of I.'l-Ince at the Court of Russia, has undertaken to pronounce P. iace TALLEY' RAND'S funvral oration before the Court of Peers. N. Ilene Cattle, the first European traveller that reached Timbuctoo, has: just died. The tine steam-boat Le Mgr, will commence in July to ply regularly between Havre and St Petersburgh, touching at Copen hagen. It is ealeulat - d that it will Ferf,rm the whole voyage, including stopping at Copenhagen, •in five or six days at most. Capt. i)elatre, of the Rezanchr, who lelt Pointe-a-Pietre on the 18th of April, has arrived at Havre ; he says, that Prince de 3binville had been fur a very short time in our Colonies in the Amin's. The brilliant reception the Prince ma with in Gicutal.upe could not induce 'the Prince to pro'ong his stay at Pointe.a.Pietre. Never, says Capt. Delatre, was such a splendid fete at Guadaleupe, nor so many persons to take part in Commerce. TouLox, MAY An express has arrived to-day with dispatches from the Government for Marshal . Vallee and diqiatches from Ben- Arach for Abel-el-Kader. The Cerberus ttcam-boat set out today for A , s - iers.--Comtilittionnel, May 2(itli. FitENCII FUNDS.-Pasts, MAY f. 6, LATE,A' PRICES. Five per Cents. 11!0f. Wc. Three per Cents., 811. i . e. Itank Actions, 2,7171. 50c. - romans ' l()I. Belgian Loan, 1021. Belgian Bank, 1,42. J. rortuguev: Three pr Cents., 2'31;. Spanish Actives, IL,ysian Loan, 457 f. 50e. THE DIVISION ON SIR EAItDLEY WILMOT'S RESOLUTION. The following Members paired save last Wednesday!— 41; in addition to the List which we FOR - Alston, Rowland—Hertfordshire Welby, Glynne Earle—Grantham Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall l'hillpotts, John—Gloucester Maher, John—Wexford Co. Round, John—Maldon - Somers, J. P.—Sligo Gib , oo, Thomas—lpswich Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford AWAINST. Irowaro, lion. W.—Sutherlandshire Heron, S:r ll—Peterborough Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire Troubridge, Sir E. T,—Sandwich Pinney, W.—Lyme, Regis • Hodgson. It.—Berwick Pusey, Philip—Berksh're ILCITC:F011, Lord—Morpeth • - }Maidstone, Vise.—North Northamp tonshire Blake, M. J:—Galway • Philips, 0. R.—Poole vcre absent : Parker, John—Sheffield Parnell, Sir H.— Dundee Rich, 11.—Knaresborougn. Rolfe, t,ir IL M.—Penryn shed, R. L.—Tipperary Sm th, ii. V. —?'.orthampton Stanley, E. J.—Cheshire Steuart, Itubert—Haddington, &e. Surrey, Earl et—Sussex, West Vivian, Sir H East Cornwall Wi al, Ch.—Halifax Woulfe, Mr. Serjeant—Cashel :e in favour. Mr. Gillon prevented Villiers, P. P.—Wolverhamptom 1. - mgto7 , , Col Gore—Somerset The following official Members Anson Sir G.—Lichfield Bernal, Ralph— Rochester F.—lhetford Dantlas,. Capt. J. W. D., R N.— Devizes Ferguson, Sir R C.—Nottingham Gordon. Robert—Witutoor Flowiek; Vi c.—Northumberland Maul°, Elon. Fox—Elgin Burgh Murray, lit. Hon. John A.—Leith Paget, Lord Alfr4l—Lichticld Palmerston, Vise , nmt—Tiverton Colonel Sihthorpe intended to vol by illness • from voting in favonr. ANTI-SLAVERY. The Delegates met this morning at lltown's Hotel, W. 'l'. BLAIR, Esq. in the chair. Mr. STANaFIELD reported the result of interviews he had had with several Irish Members, and stated that two gentlemen whom he had (lc:paired of, would vote in support of Sir E. Wihnot's motion.: Mr; :iTURGE moved a vote of cordial thanks to the conductors of that portion of the public Preys which has supported the views of the delegates. Mr. OLIVEIi read letters from Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt and Mr. Hawes, accounting for their absence on the late division. Several other gentlemen reported interviews with Members, particu.. larly Dr. Barry, who had seen several Scotch Members. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T EilS DA Y DEAL, MAY 26.—Wind N.E, fresh breezes, and 27, RN K ditto. — Came down from the River and sailed the Alexander Baring, St. Croix, for China; Sirius, steamer, Mowle, for New York; Pera, Fennings, for Constantinople; Itatcliff, Cox head, for flt:,bge. Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Eliza,, n, from Grenada; Rapid, from Jamaica; Pettingall, from St John's, New Brunswick; La„ !c, Patterson, from the Mauritius; Hebe, from Honduras; West Indian, M'Artur, from Antiva, remains. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind N.E. to E S.E., 27, E., fine —Arrived the Leudovic, Alto, from Dantzic; Churuka, Achavallia, from Tarra gona. Arrived off; the Marie Laure, from St. Jago de Cuba. Sailed her Majesty's snip Modesto, for the West Indies; her Majesty's ship Pantaloon, for the not th coast of Spain.- PLYMOUTH, MAY 26 —Wind E —Arrived the Kale, Orley, from Kam burgh ; Flora, More, from ditto;* Mount Charles, Good, from ditto. FALMOUTH, Mar 25.—NN ind E. fresh bre:,z. , s, 26, E., strong breezes. —Arrived) he Lapwing packet, Lieut. Coghlan, from the West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas, 4th instant, on freight 35,000 dollars; Aurora, Dosey, from Mngadore, s: caking the ship Merchant, off and for New , York, from Liverpool, t`.:3,1 May, lat. 19. N. long. S. W. LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind S.E., moderate. 27.—E. S.E. Arrived thd - John Knox, Thompson, from Bombay ;"Henry Clay, Elwell, Natchez, Liverpool, John, and Cadmus, from Cl6rlest9n Colonist, Cowan, from Trinidad ; Astrsa, from Alexandria ; Cal ist a, from Honduras ; Robert Morris, British Merchant, and Milo, from New Orleans ; Par thenon: from Charleston; Donna Maria, from Oporto; Sarah, fflurryi from Trieste; Romulus, froM Savannah; Tuscany, and Dalhousie Castle, from Mobile; Roniero, from Chili. Offport, the Virginia, firma New Or. leans ; Governor, and from Mobile; Charlotte, from Savannah; and Forth, from Buenos Ayres. • CLYDE, MAY 26.—A rrived the Lady of the Lake, from Sierra Leone; Mars, Castles, from New Orleans; Margaret, Johnston, from Charl• stop; Zqhyr, Gentle, from Messina; and Mary, Wylie, from Marseilles. DOVER, MAY, 27.—Arrived off port, the John Elizabeth, 111ala.3a. SHOREHAM, 51.1. y 27.—Arrived the Claud, Winter, from Memil T (maw, I%IAY :26.—Arriv(,11 off, Lusitania, Gibbons, from Oporto, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. - We Lave received Janmica papers to the 28th April. We subjoin the following extracts : "There is' nrehing stirring in the city. The French Prince is gone, and with him the temporary excitement Whirh his presence, and so many French ollicers, created. Trade being du:l we are as quiet as could be expected ; nor arc our northside towns much better off. All appears calm—the negroej are quiet, and peaceably pursuing their avoca tions. The weather on the northside has been tempestuous; a perfect gale had set in at Annatto Lay, which was attended with the most cala mi•rus and melancholy effects." A St. Kitt's paper of the 13th ultimo has been received, which com municates the important intelligence that Sir Wm. Colebrook; who had issued his proclamation for convening the General Council and Assembly of the Leeward Islands, on the 16:h of this month, has since issued another, declaring that the General Council and Assembly are dissolved. This is in consequence of instructions from Lord Gleneig. The Jamaica Papers state, that after a long series of dry weather, unexampled in Bath (St. Thomas's in the East) there have been a num. ber of refreshing showers, and thet crops are excellent. A meeting of merchants and others took place at the Commercial Rooms, to prepare a memorial to her Majesty's Government against the Bill imposing a duty on British manufactured goods imported to the Island. • TIII3 FUNDS. During the whole of Saturday morning the British Funds had rather a heavy appearance; but in the afternoon thirty thousand Consols were purchased, which had the effect of rallying the market, and Consols closed with an improvement of I per cent. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of Saturday; 94 I fur the Account ; for next Account, 94; ; Money 94 To-morrow being settling day in the British market,. it is suppoSed that most of the jobbers and brokers have already made up th:ir accounts, and no doubt they will be easily adjusted to-morrow. Exchequer Bp, 61 (i 3; India Bonds, 64 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2044 2054; India Stock, e7O. Jn the Foreign Market Spanish Active remains steady at 21-1 / 221, owing to the expectation that a Spanish loan will be concluded, and that something will be done for the bond-holders ; Portuguese also steady at 353 361 ; Three per Cents. 24; ; Brazi2an, 81 ; Mexican, 26.1 7i; Colombian, 27i ; Dutch Two-and-Ilalf per Cent. 543 3. PRICES OF SHARES TiIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. British Iron Company 5O Rea I dad Monte Mining Co., Registered 6:3/. 10s. (id Ditto Unregistered -- Oveat Western Railway Ccuipany FS Brighton Railwav t_ompanr 8 London and Blackwall Railway L. neon and Birmingham Railway Company •90 -- Ditto W Shares li CS 36 London and Southampton (New) Railway II) 27 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 c Asphalte, Claridge's Patent .. ........ ....... , • 2 11 10 Do British 1)o. United States 2 4 1 , 4 4 Bitumen, Bastenne and Ganjac .............. , . 2 2 Do. Polonceau '2 2 1 ,4:2 HALF-PAST ONE. We have rcceived.a paper from Rio Janeiro, two days later than the last accounts, of the 24th March. Exchange on London 281 fo i. This paper does not contain any later news from Bahia than received some days since by the Dublin man-of-war. l'er .11are. !O 83 i 'S .5Y2 Consols continue, steady at 941 Money, and 941 for the Account, with littledoitig; Exchequer Bills 63 61,6.1 prem., rather improved ; India Bonds 66 64 67; Bank Stock 20.41 2 205 1 / 2 . In the Foreign Market a good deal has been doing. Spanish Active, 21 %22 with Coupons; Portuguese, 35 36 ; Three per Cents., 241 ; Mexican, 261 27 ; Col um bi an, 27k; Dutch Two.and-a- Half C, S Danish, 74i ; Belgian, I . oli ; Peruvi an, 1 91. Brazilian, 81 . , 54 1 % ; In the Share Market little doing—it being settling day in that Market. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 941 THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Cons 94 %,Ditto Old Annuities — 3R per Cent — IDitto Now Annuiti es 35¢ per Cent. Red WI I ,6Ex. Bills, 1 .110/ 230 'l4 pin New 3% per Cent ....... . .......... 102,9 Ditto 50 '1 'l4 pir Long Annuitie , to expire Ditto 5001 64 ptr Jan 186 • Oct. 1850 Jan. 1860 - Consols for Act 91% FOREIGN FUNDS. 5 per cent ............... Ditto New Ditto ... Portuguese Bondi, 5 per cent — 113A3erua n, l i ti i ra l i ina a ' n s Bonds d e s e . n . ... .................................. R t3l % Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr. i, 6 per cent.,,,, ..... Russian Bonds, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent .................. Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent.... ........ Spanish, 5 per cent 21% Ditto, 1524 ........ : ................... 271( Ditto, Consolidated —f. —r Danish, 3 per cent .................. 715 a ,Ditto, 5 per cent. f —c Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent ............... French, 3 per cent f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825. ........... 26% Dutch, ‘..ly, per cent. 55% Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent ....... 10A Ditto, 5 per cent. ... lOO% (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—,(THIS DAY). Dublin cod Kihenny Railway .. East ere C ounties Railway ' O% 4 great Western Railway 93 10 London and Brighton Railway London and Blaekwall Railway London and Bi rm i ngham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London and Southampton (New) London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) 1 pin, National Loan Fund „„....nu f • INI',GRO FOIANCIPATION. .-v0...........—. • r . li,course flom the trxt, The Rev. 'l'. IS:iney yesterday deliv. - rel a most eble and iroprersiv, v ariof 3:, the cGt:rsc of whi,h th , .. , iiov. G,ntloatio, att,r enumerating eharaeterisc. features whirls (14 - Tr:gni:di the present age, utiverteM two of p,ramount intere:t. jai , • The `last Ithe . ,r, present excitement o: a great part of the Christ " Can y 2 rot .oise•rn the sigys of the timeS _. pub'ic on the subject of , u'ostantial jlfs:ice to the slave. 11 " since a hearing could b al dly b o o b ta i ne d f ar th ose who -advocat Y ed 1 4 !: ea ' termination o ' ; the "liie,g , monstrrms and diabolical -the nih urnani Y. and rapine of the slave trade. When this was got over, it fore slavery.itse:f could be ass. t tleA and n: tee:: ed with any hope a .illsiic pre,sionnr success. And, when this - was ,rot ever, whco the P". 11, was : . villing to petition,Parlionsent concic:enttled to h ear r - ",, st : wearisome ware the delays -huge and heavy the deed %M a o; c .,1 which behoved to hit o-ercorne, Wire fray' thing g,lad-witb the eye of the p!sdanthropist. He often wanted symllat ° l - q • out in the hearts of the ;:e:, - ple, as well as sympathy with in ame nd, the Le,3isaters of the land :buck, Isom:vex, oov, is the 3110- d ' , n'e intense, am: bunting ho,tillty in the public mind against "cg ru- ,,, re the efany form, that, to secure its termination a short period only b e '"',.,, it time fixed for , it by law -to ant iei:,ate it's doom by hut two years, ai." - i e has teen upheld and sanctiontd for centuries,-Alis rouses the e l i r o in tha length and the. l)7eloith of it-brings fathers front their faun . 0 once 3nd ag a rt n i d and pastors from their flocks-gathers in the metropolis, was lons be: •in a law month's, dele3ates from the masses of the three .ki . ngdo ins _ ~,r, c t raiscs a Actin of suet pree a;:(1 motnepplum as to prectvre a , ' '-".‘,' c d it Me 1 . max: - ial. Parlia,,re,a, 51 , 7 • • ••• • ' . that Ml' »eztreg alike to the ;nest and tile en Mat trold resist it. WO NVe Un m derste.nd the Rev. Gentleman purposes to resume the ' II on Sunday, the 10th June. • AN TI-SLAVERY 17)ELEGATES• The Delegates :net again at the (nild hall Coffee House, at six '" on Sattirsiay evening; W. D. Cr,w(Noii, Esq. in the chair. to b e A desultory c mversation of some I,ngth arose upon 0(031;00 taken, in cotisequenee of the continue,l Uovermnent opposition. tak Mr. llowy..A was of opinion that no delay or compromise should place; and the ine:rt;ng appeared perfectly unanimous in the decial7.,,,, contest strongly and unremittin g ly f or th e ma i n t en ance of the adva " which the vote of Tuesday night had given them. Pected rangernents were made preparatory to the d e bate which " in the House of Common.; this evening. TILE NARKETS,-(THIS DAN)' The arrivals of English Grain and Flour last week were moderate, Übe there was a considerable quantity of Oats Irons Ireland. .1 t: of generally experienced little variatinn, although opinions it , 6"°" 1,. of much higher prices were strongly expressed. This morning th e OPP A Y " the Wheat and o..ts is good, of other Cor n li m it e d , an d fine stead has tended much to damp the e x p ec t a ti ons. o f spec ulators. .-- tls. early part of the market some fine p arce l s o f Wh ea t were sold 'at de to the r 3 per gum to advance on last Monday's, but th e gen eral state of the has not been brisk. and the factors to c l ear th e i r s a nds, submit tedted „ t oed. prices of this day se'unight. Barley m a i n t a i ns th e rates las t q — on - c y, Beans but rema'n have unsold. met a fa Gr ey ir trad Peas e. B areoilinunvar g Peas d. I are lucid onsequ fo; m ence ore n of t ai e a e ic large quantity of Oats at market, this article has experi e nced a le t trade, and last prices are hardly maintained. There was an irnln o t 'sale for Flour last :red:, and , the top price has this day been " 2s. per sack. FRICBS ON BOA RD OF SHIP. 558.643 Beans, Sinn!! anew) .•••••" :, 4i .... 1 Wheat, lied cow, .. —White (01d)....... 6 , /s. 7.03. •••--•-•• (01d) .......... . .. ~,,... 21 Lied (181.17) .465. LO.. Tick (new) ...........,- -- Fin' .5 . 13. 51s. • - - (old) .... '. ....... .7 n ; : ',.;,. :3 ...._____ Stlileefille (2 , . 655. "----- hiatroW, (new) ..... ••',O , 4 —.Wlr•to (15137) llk. 555. -- (old) ........ '' - ' • 'Ms (Qs. Drank- ..................... - ..... ' 32' .....- 0' -- Fine ' ---- Superfine G';.. '703 Oats, Feed .................... ... -- ,:i 00 . I ` : 0 Foreign frce 'A> 745. ...., R ye7 o4 - 31s• Pelt ncl ....................... `,/5 liarlvy ' Grinding 20s 20s. Potatee .................. , r . , • : ,c, ---- Dialling :1 2 ~ ;;G s. Malt. 463. 545. Scotch ............... :7; 0 !if " :• 4 3. (32 5. 25 —lrish .N.: .. . .1.7.3.: ............. 2::: --- Fine New Pease, Grey,-New •30s. 31f. Flour Town (per each) • ........ L4SIP ---- Maple New Vs. 74.3. Yeeonds ........ A ......... :7 1 , - .410 , --- Wioue '36s. 28: —,-...- North Cotintry ..... '°;, s lin Boiler , 42s. 44• l'Bran .. : ..... ...................... - ~ ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAs T r "".t. I Barley. Oat, F, 1 2 1, - ;c1t 0 1 .. 6,6 6 its I 6,065 qr:i. 1,10 0 gra 4 ...........'• 1 46 5 '2 1,012 Irish Foreign . • . , SMITHFIELD. oathe r ' Thehipply.to-day was good,but the sale heavy, ow i n g to the being unfavourable for killing ; pri c es much the sa me as on T . ss , to last. Beef, 3s. 4d, to 4s. 4d.; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. Sd.; V cal ' e . - 836; ss. 101; Pork, 4s. to ss.' ; Lamb, ss. 6d. t o 6s. 6d. Beasts' Sheep, 23,548 ; Calves, In Pigs, 372. PROVISION MARKET. su race Business is confined to immedia'e conm V ' on; an d the - n rice‘ doing in Dutch Butter. In Iri s h p ro d uce , but P little i s doing; of all kimls were unvaried w h en we went to press. The st ocks g rally are heavy. T. BERMONDSEY WATER-SIDE POTATOE done. The stipples w .re good ; but there was not much busincs_ _llOO owing to other vegetables cousin into season ; prices we went to press ; but the teldency was to decline. HOP MARKET. t 136 ' Prices are firm, and but little offering. Pockets, East , - -n t p24.i 58s. to ; Bags, 1837, 80s to His. ; Poct:etq; 183 7, B,,T•t; `rest West Kent, 85s. to 112 J. for Bag; of 1837 t and 80s. to 9 ` .• Kent Pockets of 1837 ; Sussex Pockets. 1837, 765. to 6' 25 ' SPIRIT- MARKET. • g. • I luln Corn Spirits are 10=. per Gallon, and a steady business doin ma ndY Inv; a terAtency to decline, hut is not actually lower. quiet but firm. Geneva flat at '2s. TA LLO W MARKET. f or P. Y. C. is little b:tter than nominal, at 45:. on the spot And delivery. unaltered CO. NI M A RKETS. . Wld have no publle sal- I s co to.day, an,lby private contnet hltle i/a ssi 1111 For the week we have a tolerably far business advertisea the 4 pccuharity in the sales is, that there is more (70free advertised nail 13 week. For to-morrow we have 1,350 bags Bengal Sogar; 5,000 -b ag : Mauritius; 300 chests white Pero:imbue, ; 137 ch , ..sts brown W I ; and 130 new Barbaloes ; 250 hags Bengal Bice; Iwo small O r l i ., of African and B I'. Coffee; 20 ca s ks of Ging e r ; an d 2,000 bags of 3- tg petre. The imports ate heavy to-day of c9lonial produce, the e*P °- „t Acady, and the deliveries are large. Last week we had the great ain °°-. of 7.1,000 bats of East India Sugar imported into the port of London. MANCHESTER. CORN EXCHANGE, Mai The Liverpool import list of this week exhibits a moderate qu antl s( of Irish produce, with 4,560.qr5. of foreign Wheat, and 3,300 ba rre d to Flour : from the interior our supply,. Flour, &c. is small, °n oel' Wakefield the arrival of Wheat is fair, of Beans large, and of 0 articles During the week considerable inclination has as e as evi! c2d by buyers to inereas . .! their stocks of Wheat and Flour, p ut es $ holders were very firM, and in some, instances required high Pr L ic ive r.. moderato business wily was done in thoie and other articles. At vh at, pool and Wakefield yesterday, considerable business was done in tin e fifr et advancing prices. ~The weather, though cool, has not been Ex , ov• vourable to vegetation. We have bad a good attendance ou.•0.10 change to-day. Tbeie is a .fair enquiry for Wheat, and moderate;re, are made at :Id. to 3d. advance on last week's prices.. Flour in fir r e " quest, and s. per sauk dearer.. Oats as last. quotcd, with a tg le put demand. An advance of Gil. to 9d. per load is required for blea t ' Oa buyers do not comply beyond mere retail ua ntities. Beat" are . CIC S n with much firmness, b u t no advance can be Giber a'P no material variation. n to ERBY CORN MARKET, MAT 25. Our COrn Mrr D liet today was small. Fine fresh Wheat mail 31,.; itillieo t t 3s. mote money th en l ast week ; Beans Is. ditto . Fine crest. 645. to 695. ; Fi ne B ar l ey, 325. to 365.; Grinding d i tt o, 2S'' ° Oats, 245. to 288.; Beaus, 365. to los. . • LIVERPOOL corrwg MARKET, DI.►Y 26 ' an d ota cotton, thin d a y • We have to report a continued brisk demand for prices of yesterday remain unaltered. The entire trarvact i°l" , ° , f i a 90' 0 amount to 6,000 bags. 200 Mtaanham 911, .00 Tierna n 500 300 Ilahia 8.1. a 81d., 500 Egyptian Bd. d and Sd a rr i ta l — Woo o . Carthagena 5(1., 4,300 American 51d. a 8 3 d. for Or . leans•-"`°— s 1 The Queen Dowager attended di v ine service Y e •Litio day morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. In her lqa.i estY ,, s d ' W l were the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Hope Johnstone, °- Howe. Her Majesty also att en d e d di v i ne serv i ce i n the after"°°"' S Of , 1, The answer to the in qu i r i es f or the Puc ues • 1).- 1. 1 i eca e , :: , et, was ah e se s t b e pe r .t. d itl a ca 3 rc , ., e, , a f t olr ß i e u ur c p k wß i at n l g ,da l l a ham Palace i agi iwneeesks was that " 1-1 " . 11(181 111 ' 1 g to dispis , e il d o sin D ce o t o h i e le b s P. as not been Ist, ll en °B 'ti the Princess Augusta of of cam C b a r m ie n ig b e r , li a l it g eled P a ri i n , divine GI; rv e i c o: g y : ti ' v , ei : l :l l h a u e f morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. Prince George of Cambridge:hvainsdit'heads hbeeernAvl.e.arjYenisich j : Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Biped The Duke and Prince Geo-g‘•of :Cambridge with the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘----e On Saturday the Duke of Devonshire on Satu rday,at Lambet i Chiswick to a Select party. f I S IS LA 1 , ,IRETII PALACE.—The bl . dinners 0 pu ie I Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury have ceased for this year. 1 •vic••• The infant Princess of Borbone was na meu : , Roi l° a fterhio . t he tuna after her Majesty the Queen of England, Augusta Highness the Duke of Sussex, Ludovica after his lloya 0 , aa er Duke of Lucca, Isabella after her Majesty the Queen I)°,ens gave a fete Naples, Amelia after her Majesty the Queer of the Fre4ll,- " T a ne r ' after the patron saint of Naples, Helena titer the CLuntess ° r .vine, Penelope after her mother, the Princess of Capua. ~,,L 'l r THE DEATH E OF THE COUNTESS HA Rl"' J a i3 ven °l ' Th's distinguished lady expired yesterday at her residence in G r-s r nioP. i s i g ic u l a u r d e i . ng T th h :: s se sa o d f S e u v t e l n ie t rl w an il d l 1 daughter of "r-..,dici ladyship was Lady Susan Leveson Gower sixth : , l e h r r , o , , , v vi i l i l u e, merous families WO I°°: ser first Marquis of Stafford. She was born ' ' 14 , i i ' , l3 l7 rn o rff a e d il i ::::: Ryder, first Earl of Harrowby, July 30, 1795. -, „ p., Sl'' ' :, ~ . THE DEATH OF THE COtINTESS A M .. --11 „teroJ d r i Y 'Oti - ► 1) ,, , , w" We regret to announce the death of Lady Amherst, who morning at the family mansion in Grosvenor.street. Te t„e,,to las t was widow of the ram Earl of Plymouth, and was mart , - the 1 0., Amherst on the 24th of. July, 1800. She was a daughter or ~d YadY, Lord Archer, and mother of the Marchioness of Downshire a nd ane Harriet Clive by the Earl.of Plymouth; and Viscount Ilohnegi several children by Earl Amherst. e ~,' i ught . LADY FITZWYGRAM"S BALL, at ‘- ,° ' - ' l3 ' t n y of place; on Friday evening, was honoured witli the coirlP a a CA"' Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince GeOrge of bridge, Prince Odescalcl4, Prince Lobomirsky, N. Esterliazy, the Duke of .Regina, Count Pozzo di Borg°, c ` n c i ll o che" rinsky, and several foreigners t f distinction. The Duke prince sourzo , t ow' of Roxburghe, the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, and L adY - k iasolb Bradford, `' t St. Lennox ; the Ladies Dowager Chichester, Wicklow, Torrington, Northland, Hawarden, Galwa • Southwell, BriciPrio'gorp Maurs, Agnes Buller, Howards, Clinton, Galway, • ' Harrie r" hfala" grana karle, Frances Ley, Augusta Wentwerth, Charlotte Egerton, Talbot 0. :,._,,, Paulet, .citoeoite. , 111:ille, hide, F. Gordon, Katherine Stewart, Pelhams, Henry Dowager Floyd, Dundas, Lumley, Palk, Vane, Conroy, &c. Lords Munster, A. Fitzclarence, FitZalall, kiinan, Maldstone, CantaluPe, Emlyn, Pelham Clintons, Compton, .'„ ear ge Dinmlanrig, Cranstoun, Granby, Douro, Bloomfield, Loftirs,:;New. Loftus. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke .„. liar castle, and Lord Lyndhurst w%re prevented being present by th'' liamentary attendance that evening. • e O f We have authority to state, that in consequent A is Wednesday next being the Derby, the company are not expfc' Kensington Palace until ten o'clock. Saturday, at his residence in Wilton.creseent. ' and Lord John Russell gave a Parliamentary dinner 0 0 The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury' gave a grand and a s c '' dinner on Saturday to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ., a nd beet party, including the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Marquis ~,.., Marchior l iss of Queensberry, Marquis and Marchioness- of Clanriclrond Marquis and Marquis of Westminster, Viscount Melbourne, Earl Ft Countess of Albemarle, Count and Countess Zavadowski, Earl 0 1 fi ngharn, Lady Cc cilia Underwood, Lady _G. Nevill, Lord and Laui • liathcrton, Lord Holland, Lord ektnelg, and Mr, Stondjob , WheatilliCl,llls, ‘ ~.- 2., ,, t`,,,, ,,.... -• ;.3 4!! , ,,...;1`. #2 .::- (--ilc'%:' , 4l -- 1 -...S.:.<" , :t_qli-ir , „ t . ilt ` j ~---o E rf 7 •4..A'..! 2 c,i': -e. 'l l l / 4 WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED.